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PROCLAMATION 3679-OCT. 7, 1965

[79 STAT.

WHEREAS this Nation's abundance now brings within our reach the world's first victory in the war against poverty and offers new hope to the impoverished peoples of the world; and WHEREAS our national effort to conserve and develop the Natural Beauty of America requires the cooperative action of all Americans, rural and urban: NOW, THEREFORE, I, LYNDON B. JOHNSON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the week of November 19 through November 25, 1965, as National Farm-City Week, and call upon citizens throughout the Nation to participate in observance of that week. I request that leaders of civic associations, youth and women's clubs, farmers' organizations, business groups and labor unions, and all consumers join in this observance in appreciation of the important contributions that the farmer makes to the welfare of urban people, and the city worker to the welfare of people living on farms. I urge the Department of Agriculture, land-grant colleges and universities, the cooperative extension service, and all appropriate Government officials to cooperate with national. State, and local organizations in carrying out programs to observe National Farm-City Week, including public meetings and exhibits and press, radio, and television features. I urge that such programs place emphasis on the responsibilities of rural and urban citizens in the war against poverty, in the creation of new jobs and new sources of income, in improving educational, medical, and other community services, and in developing and preserving the natural beauty of America. I N W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E at the City of Washington this sixth day of October in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and sixty-five, and [SEAL] of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and ninetieth. LYNDON B. JOHNSON

By the President: GEORGE W. BALL,

Acting Secretary

of /State.

Proclamation 3679 WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY, 1965 October 7, 1965

Qy (^6 President of the United States of America A Proclamation

36 USC i69d.

On the streets and highways of our nation, the white cane instantly identifies the blind person, proudly coming and going on his own, but highly dependent for safety upon the courtesy and consideration of others. To make our people more fully aware of the significance of the white cane, and of the need for motorists to exercise caution and courtesy when approaching persons carrying a white cane, the Congj.ggg^ by a JQij^t resolution approved October 6, 1964 (78 Stat. 1003), has authorized the President to proclaim October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 15, 1965, as White Cane Safety Day.

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